1# Java Properties Sample File 2 3# This is a commment 4! This is also a comment 5 # comment 6 ! comment 7 8# keys and values can be separated by '=', ':' or by a series of spaces: 9 10key = value 11key : value 12key value 13 14# spaces, '=', or ':' can be used in the key by escaping them with a backslash: 15 16key\:continued = value 17key\=continued = value 18key\ continued = value 19 20# the key starts with the first non blank character on the line: 21 22 key = value 23 24# there can be an arbitrary amount of spaces between the key, the value, and the ':' or '=', if present: 25 26key=value 27key = value 28 29key:value 30key : value 31 32key value 33key value 34 35# values can be continued on another line by escaping the line end character with a backslash: 36 37key = value \ 38 value continued 39 40# This works also over more than one line: 41 42key = value\ 43 value continued 1\ 44 value continued 2\ 45 value continued 3 46 47# But if the line ends with an even number of backslashes, the value is not continued: 48 49key = value\\ 50newkey = value 51 52key = value\\\\ 53newkey = value 54 55# both key and value can be ommitted, in which case either the key or the value or both equal the empty string: 56 57key = 58key 59= value 60 61= 62: 63 64